Webinars

Pediatric Headache Disorders and Sleep: Case Based Discussion Anne Marie Morse Dr. Morse will use a series of illustrative cases to highlight the relationship between headache disorders and sleep. The audience will understand the importance of addressing each component of this dyad to optimize clinical outcomes and quality of life. The role of CGRP blockers will be discussed as applies to headache and sleep medicine. If possible, audience participation will be encouraged at this talk, through electronic means (depending on the availability at the venue). This will enable the participants to engage with the presentation. At...

The global burden of CNS infections in Low & Low Middle Income countries Shaheen Akhter Central nervous system (CNS) infections are a major worldwide health concern that impact millions of children annually. Children's CNS infections have an influence not just on the individual but also on families, communities, and global healthcare systems. Gaining an understanding of the aetiology, clinical symptoms, risk factors, epidemiology, and management of CNS infections in children is essential to enhancing treatment outcomes and mitigating the devastating effects of these illnesses. Moreover, survivors may face a substantial burden of disability...

Professor, Lancaster University Madeleine Thomson is Head of Climate Impacts, in the Climate Change and Health Challenge Area at the Wellcome Trust; a politically & financially independent foundation which supports science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone. Prior to this role she was the interim Head of Our Planet Our Health at Wellcome. The Trust support researchers, policy makers & the public in tackling some of today’s greatest health challenges, including those associated with climate change. Dr Thomson is also a visiting Professor at Lancaster University, UK...

Update diagnostic algorithm and pathogenic mechanisms in children with dystonia Wang-Tso Lee Movement disorders are common in children. Of these, dystonia is not an uncommon presentation in children with different neurological diseases. Children with dystonia may be mistaken to be seizures, and give unnecessary treatment with anti-epileptic drugs. In addition, dystonia may be associated with different neurological diseases, like neurometabolic diseases, neuroinflammatory diseases, acquired brain injury (cerebral palsy), and genetic diseases. The etiologies of dystonia in children may be different from those in adults. Proper treatment of children with dystonia may lead to better prognosis of...

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Do we need to perform genetics in presurgical evaluation? Georgia Ramantani Genetic testing has been recently introduced in presurgical evaluation in many epilepsy centers. Particularly in patients with early onset epilepsy, intellectual impairment, positive family history, and lack of an MRI-detectable focal lesion, genetic testing in the presurgical evaluation may prove crucial for counseling and prognostication. While mTORopathies may be more amenable to resective epilepsy surgery, channelopathies and synaptopathies should be considered more carefully, as they may bear considerably lower chances of seizure freedom. Nevertheless, genetic findings should not be interpreted as exclusive to epilepsy surgery....

Speaker Steven Miller, University Of British Columbia, Professor and Head, Pediatrics Chair Brad Schlaggar

Dr. Banwell currently serves as the Chief of Child Neurology and Director of the Neuroscience Center, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, and the Grace Loeb Chair in Neuroscience at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.  Dr. Banwell's clinical and research focus is in the area of pediatric multiple sclerosis, and she has led a large North American prospective study of clinical outcomes, genetics, immunology, and neuroimaging features of MS in children. Dr. Banwell has over 300 published manuscripts and 30 book chapters. Dr. Banwell serves as the Chair of the...

Dr. Hitoshi Osaka is a Director at the Tochigi Children's Medical Center, a Professor at Jichi Medical University, Chief of the Neurology Department of Pediatrics at the Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, and Investigator of Information and Cellular Function, PRESTO at the Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST). Dr. Osaka completed his Residency at the Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Yokohama; his Postdoctoral fellowship from the Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA; and his Research fellowship from the Department of Degenerative Neurological Diseases, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry. Dr. Osaka...